Highlights • We analyse 78 fatal motorcycle-barrier collisions that occurred in Australasia. • The thorax region had the highest incidence of injury and maximum injury. • Motorcyclists that slid into barriers were more likely to receive thorax injury. • Injury severity was strongly associated with the pre-crash speed.

    Abstract Motorcyclists contribute significantly to road trauma around the world through the high incidence of serious injuries and fatalities. The role of roadside safety barriers in such trauma is an area of growing concern amongst motorcyclists, road authorities and road safety researchers and advocates. This paper presents a case series analysis of motorcyclists that were fatally injured following a collision with a roadside barrier during the period 2001–2006 in Australia and New Zealand. Injury profiles and severities are detailed, and associations with crash characteristics are investigated. It is shown that the thorax region had the highest incidence of injury and the highest incidence of maximum injury in fatal motorcycle-barrier crashes, followed by the head region. This is in contrast to fatal motorcycle crashes in all single- and multi-vehicle crash modes, where head injury predominates. The injury profiles of motorcyclists that slid into barriers and those that collided with barriers in the upright posture were similar. However, those that slid in were more likely to receive thorax and pelvis injuries.


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    Title :

    Injury typology of fatal motorcycle collisions with roadside barriers in Australia and New Zealand


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2011-06-26


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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